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Pig transport truck kills animal advocate Regan Russell outside slaughterhouse

September 1, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Accident reprises 1995 death of British protester Jill Phipps             BURLINGTON, Ontario––Regan Russell, 65,  of Hamilton,  Ontario,  was on June 19,  2020 crushed to death by an 18-wheel livestock transport truck delivering pigs to slaughter at Fearman’s Pork Inc.,  the largest and oldest slaughterhouse in Ontario. A local landmark since 1852,  and the scene of […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Canada, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Live transport, Meat issues, Pigs, Religion & philosophy, Slaughter, The Americas, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Alka Chandna, Anita Krajnc, Barry Kent MacKay, Marc Bekoff, Mark Powell, Merritt Clifton, Regan Russell, Tita Zed

Did Louisiana cop Terry Yetman do the dog?  If so,  why?

December 27, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Bestiality bust just before Christmas went viral BOSSIER CITY,  Louisiana––The animal story most often read,  worldwide,  during the five days before Christmas 2018 had nothing to do,  so far as is known,  with reindeer,  and probably nothing to do with donkeys,  lambs,  or wise men on camels,  either,  though the full details are yet to […]

Filed Under: Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Police & military, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Crystal Bonvillian, Douglas Spink, Jenny Edwards, Kenneth Pinyan, Marc Bekoff, Merritt Clifton, Trey Huchison

Aussie prof’s video challenges “invasion biologists” on their own turf

November 9, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Feminist Ferals by Arian D. Wallach Produced by Tommy Lin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpx-ZHHWN5s&t=2s This video explores how conservation remains tethered to chauvinistic ideologies.  It explores how archaic beliefs about animals,  wildlife,  and nature,  has erased one of the Earth’s most significant rewilding events in recent history. Feminism would radically reshape conservation and our view of nature.  It […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Africa, African wildlife, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Book & film reviews, Cats, Cattle & dairy, China, Culture & Animals, Dogs & Cats, Donkeys, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Feral cats, Fish, Food & agriculture, Global, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunting & trapping, India, Indian subcontinent, Israel, Laws & politics, Mediterranean, Religion & philosophy, USA, Wild horses, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Arian D. Wallach, Billie Lazenby, Dove Sax, Erick Lundgren, Marc Bekoff, Merritt Clifton, Pablo Escobar

“Meat-eating is never neutral”: Mary Midgely, 99

October 19, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Author of Animals & Why They Matter             NEWCASTLE ON TYNE,  United Kingdom––“The symbolism of meat-eating is never neutral,”  wrote Mary Midgely on page 27 of her 1983 opus Animals & Why They Matter. “To himself,”  Midgely observed,  “the meat-eater seems to be eating life.  To the vegetarian,  he seems to be eating death.  There […]

Filed Under: Animal rights & welfare, Animal sentience & intelligence, Beliefs, Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Meat issues, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, Science, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: David Midgely, Iris Murdoch, James Lovelock, Kate Rawles, Marc Bekoff, Merritt Clifton, Peter Singer, Tom Midgely, Tom Regan

Are feminists right to resist comparison with the females of other species?

June 9, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

by Karen Davis, PhD.,  president of United Poultry Concerns A woman employed on a chicken “breeder” farm in Maryland wrote a letter once to the local newspaper berating the defenders of chickens for trying to make her lose her job, threatening her ability to support herself and her daughter. For her,  “breeder” hens were “mean” birds who […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Animal sentience & intelligence, Beliefs, Book & film reviews, Cattle & dairy, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Eggs, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Meat issues, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Pigs, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Science, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans, Workers Tagged With: Carol J.Adams, Carolynn L. Smith, J. Baird Callicott, Jane Johnson, Jim Mason, Marc Bekoff

Brush possum killings build momentum for “boycott New Zealand” drive

August 2, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Coercing children to kill possums oversteps international bounds          WELLINGTON,  New Zealand––If New Zealand conservation minister Maggie Barry held the portfolios for attracting tourism and economic development instead,  she might be less notoriously dismissive of increasing international humane concern about the outcomes of the scheme she announced in 2015 to rid the nation of “invasive” […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Agriculture, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Birds, Cattle & dairy, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Habitat, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunting & trapping, Organizations, Sheep & goats, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Bill Benfield, Edward Howe Forbush, Jasmin de Boo, Jules Howard, Leonard Cockayne, Lynley Tullock, Maggie Barry, Marc Bekoff, Merritt Clifton

Perdue Farms agrees to animal welfare concessions after 30-year battle

June 30, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Henry Spira posthumously wins long fight with the late Frank Perdue after Perdue son throws in the towel          SALISBURY,  Maryland––Perdue Farms,  a $6 billion-a-year pioneer of factory-style chicken farming and now the fourth largest chicken producer in the U.S.,  on June 27,  2016 announced a four-point program to improve chicken welfare.  The Perdue announcement,  […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Meat issues, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Arthur Perdue, Frank Perdue, Henry Spira, Jim Perdue, Marc Bekoff, Merritt Clifton, Niman Ranch, Wayne Pacelle

Conclusion: what the life & death of Harambe the gorilla means

June 2, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Fast-moving events left no time for philosophy Part III of a three-part series.  See also:   The myth & mystery of Harambe the Cincinnati Zoo gorilla;  Myth: that the gorilla Harambe “protected” fallen four-year-old;  And the lesson from Harambe’s death is?   Well, it’s not to blame mom. As the Harambe case developed,  the events in the Cincinnati […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Animal organizations, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Alex Abad-Santos, Deonne Dickerson, Dylan Matthews, Marc Bekoff, Michael Budkie, Michelle Gregg, Wayne Pacelle

Jasper’s gift: the real-life care bear

May 2, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

“Poster bear” for ending bile farming  Jasper,  30,  the moon bear who became “poster bear” for the Animals Asia Foundation campaign against farming bears to extract bile from their livers,  was euthanized on April 29,  2016 due to incurable cancer. “Moon bear Jasper spent 15 years in a Chinese bile farm crush cage,”  the Animals […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Beliefs, China, Conservation, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Habitat, Laws, Organizations, Other, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Animals Asia Foundation, Jill Robinson, Marc Bekoff, Merritt Clifton

Zoos tried not to let anyone see an elephant fly

March 14, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

17 eles flown from Swaziland to Dallas, Wichita,  & Omaha zoos DALLAS,  Texas––Why were 17 elephants stuffed aboard a custom-built Boeing 747 on March 8,  2016 and flown secretly to Alliance Field in Dallas? It wasn’t just because trunks are not allowed as carry-on baggage on regularly scheduled commercial flights. The 17 elephants,  equivalent in […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Africa, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, China, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Laws, Religion & philosophy, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Swaziland, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zimbabwe, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: Cleveland MetroPark Zoo, Dallas Zoo, Dumbo, Henry Doorly Zoo, Jacques Flamand, Marc Bekoff, Merritt Clifton, Oppah Michinguri, Sedgewick County Zoo

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